CVE-2016-5142
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Published: August 7, 2016 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:48 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorChrome
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
The Web Cryptography API (aka WebCrypto) implementation in Blink, as used in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.116, does not properly copy data buffers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted JavaScript code, related to NormalizeAlgorithm.cpp and SubtleCrypto.cpp.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00006.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1580.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3645
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4KMX62M7UNRLWO4FEQ6YIMPMTKXXJV6A/
References (11)
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00005.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00006.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1580.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3645Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-416
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